Brahma Football Hosts Its 3rd Annual Texas Hold Em Tournament

On Friday, April 26th, the Diamond Bar High School Football team held its 3rd Annual Texas Hold Em Tournament. Over 120 parents, coaches, and members from the community came out to support the Brahma Football program. At 6:00 pm, guests arrived at the Diamond Bar Golf Course Banquet room and enjoyed a nice Italian dinner. After dinner, dealers gave poker tutorials before the big event and guests were bidding on over 30 baskets filled with gift cards, Brahma Gear, Vegas Vacation packages, Angels Tickets, and many more items.

At 7:00 pm, the Casino opened as 81 players entered the No Limit Texas Hold Em Tournament in hopes of winning a Flat Screen TV, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, Kindle Fire HD, or an iPod Touch 4. Other guests went on and played black jack, roulette, and craps trying to score big on some raffle prizes that included a foursome of golf, massage packages, restaurant gift cards, movie tickets, and many more items. Massage Envy was also giving free 10-minute massages for those that needed a little relaxation in between casino games.

At 8:30 pm, the poker tournament was cut down to only 35 players and an intermission was needed for the big Live Auction. Rich Dononue kicked off the live auction getting people to bid on items such as Graduation field seats, a signed Snoop Dogg Football, VIP parking for any DBHS students, and VIP Angel tickets, and other items.

As soon as the live auction ended it came down to finding who will be crowned this years Poker Champion. Every 15 minutes blinds kept going up and more players were getting eliminated. At the end of the night, only 2 players remained as it came down to the final hand. Angel Villegas came out on top with the final winning hand and snagged himself a brand new 40 inch LED TV and his name engraved on the perpetual trophy.

Here were your Top 9 winners:

Angel Villegas

Jimmy Hwang

Jaanaie Segura

Chris Hernandez

Jeff Kinkade

Donnie Sizemore

Jason Stuck

Adrian Ayoub

Eric Shibley

Thank you to all of the parents who made this event such an amazing night. Below are some photos taken by the Rico Family.